I am an academic laywer - I work on the meaning and effect of Law in society. I am interested in the way that Law interacts with other norms in society to make authority claims to pre- and proscribe behaviour; and in the necessity of solidarity in achieving justice and welfare in society.
Legal Philosophy - Jurisprudence I am very interested in the ethical rationalism of Kant and Gewirth. I am then very interested in the way that rationalism translates or is transposed into practical action and governance. For this, I study the discourse ethics of Habermas, and the formal philosophy of Politeness and particularly the work of Shaftesbury (1711). I am also very interested in the solidarity that has to underpin liberalism - especially thinking about the case of anarchism.
Practical Law My current focus is on the governance of health and life science research and practice - on privacy, data protection, research ethics committees, and on the concept of property. I am also interested in the Law of the welfare state, Equity, and in patient rights.
Outside my work in the Law, I am also a singer, both with choirs and on the solo stage.
Prof. dr. David Townend
Photo ©️Samuel Weston
SINGING
Bach Johannes Passion
Christus (Bass)
Maastricht Kamerkoor
Good Friday (30 March 2018)
Sint Janskerk, Vrijhof, Maastricht
http://www.kamerkoormaastricht.nl/concerten/index/index
Stainer The Crucifixion
Bass
Maastricht Kamerkoor
30 May 2018
Sint Servaas, Vrijthof, Maastricht
ACADEMIC
FUTURE EVENTS
Verdi Requiem
Southend Choral Society
Brentwood Cathedral
Saturday, 24th June, 2017 20.00
MY LATEST PUBLICATIONS
D. Townend “Privacy, Politeness and the boundary between theory and practice in ethical rationalism” pp. 171–189 in Capps, P. and Pattinson, S. Ethical Rationalism and the Law Hart Publishing: Oxford. 2017
Shaw, D., de Wert, G., Dondorp, W., Townend, D., Bos, G. and van Gelder, M. (2016) “Permitting patients to pay for participation in clinical trials: the advent of the P4 trial” Medical Health Care and Philosophy. doi:10.1007/s11019-016-9741-2
Townend, Dove, Nicol, Bovenberg, and Knoppers, "Streamlining ethical review of data intensive research: Unfounded concerns about local liability should not delay urgent reform" British Medical Journal 2016 354:i4181 doi: 10.1136/bmj.i4181
Shaw and Townend,"Division and discord in the Clinical Trials Regulation" Journal of Medical Ethics 22 July 2016 as 10.1136/medethics-2016-103422
Dove, Townend, Meslin, et al. “Ethics review for international data-intensive research” Science 25 Mar 2016: Vol. 351, Issue 6280, pp. 1399-1400
DOI: 10.1126/science.aad5269
Townend, “EU Laws on Privacy in Genomic Databases and Biobanking” Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 44(2016): 128–142
DOI: 10.1177/1073110516644204